[@Eklispe] & [@floodtalon] & [@BranchOfSin] & [@Dash375] & [@Slendy]

Overwhelming power. That was what was being sent towards Chase right now. In a different context, this would mean nothing, for Chase was an existence above overwhelming power, and should she choose feel like it, breaking even the powers sent at her would take but a flick of her wrists.

However, Chase had all but promised them that they would have a shot at winning. She would limit herself and be patient. She would test them to their utmost, and see if she could teach them what it meant to hold power. That was her purpose - Reina might be a better teacher, but that does not mean that Chase cannot impart wisdom every now and then.

While trapped in the sphere of earth, Chase could still feel the world outside. Despite her limiting herself, she was still the Embodiment of Destruction, so naturally everything that fell under her purview was open for her to see. She could see the powers aimed at her, their will to destroy her coming from behind every charge, she could feel the blood-lust rolling of Deus in waves as he surrendered his body to the demon within him. 

She looked upon all of them and sighed in disappointment. Not a single one had learned a lesson.

As her prison of earth exploded with the force of four elements, Ryan's sword bore down on her, accompanied by the crescendo of Sol's wind. 

[color=gold][i]'Very well. I suppose it's time to outline the lesson for this day,'[/i][/color] thought Chase.

Explosions rocked her place in the sky, and for a moment, there was nothing but dust in the air. When the dust settled, there stood Chase, her expression sorely disappointed and completely unharmed.

[color=gold][b]"Chase Asu Du Morgan, Third Tier Art: Redirection Of Mass Destruction,"[/b][/color] she said loudly enough for them to hear. [color=gold]"It's not a fire spell, so it was something quite readily available to me despite you draining me of my abilities, or did you think in the long time I had lived plus the knowledge I had gained amounted to only fire spell?"[/color]

She shook her head, not bothering to explain further. She ignored the time being warped around her and stared at Deus. [color=gold]"You, boy, if you can here me, then let me say now: I am very, very annoyed with you."[/color]

[color=gold]"Path of Revenge? I'm [i]lucky[/i]? What in the world is that supposed to mean, [i]boy[/i]? Are you so immature as to actually think that your small, insignificant lifespan is able to compare to mine? No matter how painful or tragic your past is, it is [i]nothing[/i] compared to what I have had to experience in the years of my life. This is not arrogance, it is nothing but cold, hard facts. The death of your family means nothing to the world at large, and certainly means nothing to me. It means much to you, and that is how it should stay - don't go and push that burden unto other people."[/color]

Chase said all this to the Demonic Deus in a calm manner. What he had become didn't seem to bother her in the slightest. Of course it wouldn't. The enemies she faced on a daily basis to kill time where far more terrifying . . . not to mention nigh undecipherable. Compared to avatars that embodied insanity and the end of existence itself, a being that could be understood, reasoned with even, was never going to shake Chase, no matter how powerful it was.

She swept her eyes across the field, her gaze piercing into everyone. She was no longer smiling. 

[color=gold]"I am sorely disappointed in you all. A waste of talent, the lot of you, even you, Meruin. I can feel you assembling your spell no matter where you hide, and you know I can shoot you down from there,"[/color] she said, staring into the distance. [color=gold]"Now, I am nothing if but merciful to children, so I will give you another chance. Come."[/color]

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Reina regarded Cornelia coldly. [color=silver]"I expect nothing from a rude child that attacks without introducing herself first. In the same manner that you would not expect anything from me, including mercy."[/color]

Suddenly and without warning, barriers of every kind sprung to life. The earth at Conrelia's feet shot up and enclosed her entire body, before becoming a strange, silver material that hurt to look at. It was an alien metal, not something that could possibly exist, and yet here it was. It was a metal stronger than any alloy on earth, immune to spells, that could regenerate from damage in the blink of an eye, and prevented energy from being released around it.

In the next second, no less than a billion magical barriers formed around Cornelia. Each barrier had the physical durability of a planet, and were similarly resistant to magic, and each of them had a property that made them exist out of time and space, effectively becoming perpetual and unmovable through any means. They also protected each other, like cogs working in a grand gear, and could not be absorbed or changed by anyone other than the caster. 

All of this in less than three seconds, and Reina had done it with nothing but a look.

[color=silver]"Chase is disgruntled, so there is bound to be an interesting occurrence soon. I will observe it, then deal with you afterwards,"[/color] said Reina dismissively.